How to End the Recession
Robert Pollin : The economy needs a shot of public investment--and if it's green, the payoff will be greatest.
Jeff Madrick on the dangers of big government, Ruth Scurr on France, Stuart Klawans on Synedoche, New York and A Christmas Tale
Robert Pollin : The economy needs a shot of public investment--and if it's green, the payoff will be greatest.
Jeff Madrick
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Faith-based claims about the dangers of big government do not stand up to the evidence.
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Celebrating a new president's promise to respect, empower and include all Americans.
Melissa Harris-Lacewell : America has a long way to go before we get to the "more perfect union" Obama promises. But the work has begun in earnest.
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Reactions to the Obama victory from London and Nairobi.
John Nichols
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Obama's appeal helped the Democrats secure wide gains in the House and Senate.
Richard Kim : With bald lies and racial pandering, an anti-gay marriage intiative succeeds in California.
Andrew Gumbel : 2008 will go down as a year activists were able to keep a rotten electoral system honest.
Connie Schultz : In a nation hungry for heroes on election day, blue-collar Ohio delivered.
Victor Navasky : Remembering our national griot, the bearer of stories of people, ordinary and extraordinary.
James Longenbach : Reading the letters of Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop.
Ruth Scurr
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Robert Gildea examines France between the revolution and World War I.
Benjamin Lytal : An appraisal of Rainer Maria Rilke's novel, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge.
Stuart Klawans : Reviews: Arnaud Desplechin's enchanted A Christmas Tale and Charlie Kaufman's brilliant Synedoche, New York.
Alexander Cockburn
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Obama will face a bruising engagement with reality in the months ahead.
Brett Story & VideoNation : A look at the brutal suppression of antiwar Iraq veterans highlights their continued struggle for justice.
MSNBC : The Nation's Dave Zirin joins Rachel Maddow to discuss potential abuses when government agencies are given carte blanche.
The Daily Show : Now that Sarah Palin is out of the running, the media thought it'd be a good time to let us know that she didn't know Africa was a continent.
Robert Scheer : How can a President Obama improve US relations with Russia if some of his closest advisors are unrepentant hawks from the cold war era?
Democracy Now : The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel on the first 100 days of Obama's presidency and the future of US-Russia relations.
Grit TV : The Nation's Richard Kim explores why the No on Prop 8 campaign failed to gain much momentum in California.
Gary Phillips : Breakfast turns violent, more is revealed, and while a decent president gets elected, there's no rest for Congresswoman Kang.
Brave New Films : A look at Joe Lieberman's love affair with the right, and what his cuckolded party should do about it.
Countdown : Reflecting on the success of the anti-gay Prop 8 measure in California, Olbermann makes the case for love and understanding.
Mark Ames : In light of all of the corruption and cronyism that have marked the career of Lawrence Summers, why is Obama considering him for treasury secretary?
Aaron Glantz : Most Americans want to put the war in Iraq behind them, but this feeling is based not on a coherent critique but on a kind of collective exhaustion.
Michael T. Klare : Of all the challenges Barack Obama faces, none is more daunting, or more important to our collective future, as energy.
Our generation can move beyond old battles of single-issue silos and narrow constituency interests into broader rainbow coalitions of new progressives.
Nicholas von Hoffman : Saving jobs by giving automakers large amounts of cash is a very expensive form of trickle-down. What we need is a clear plan about how automakers will use the money.
Campaign for America's Future : As we move forward, perhaps the best lessons come from yesterday.
Radio Nation : Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel on Barack Obama's victory and the coming battle for real progressive change.
Rebecca Solnit : Citizenship is a passionate joy at times, and this is one of those times.
MSNBC : The Nobel Prize-winning economist recommends what course of action President Obama should take to rescue the middle class.
Annabelle Gurwitch : As Sarah Palin goes back to Alaska, take a moment to appreciate some other Sarahs.
Dave Zirin : All the Denver Broncos wideout wanted to do was celebrate Obama's victory--but his teammates censored him and the media ridiculed him. Why?
Nicholas von Hoffman : Obama can change the way Washington does business by mobilizing his grassroots ground operation to push his legislative agenda.
The Colbert Report : Stephen Colbert teases his new, popular MSNBC competition, 'How many Peabodys do you have?'
TruthDig : Robert Scheer explains why Lawrence Summers would be a bad choice as Treasury Secretary for President-Elect Obama.
ITN News : Obama's 86-year old grandmother and other members of her community dance and cheer, 'We're going to the White House.'
The Daily Show : Stewart takes Wallace to task for Fox's biased anti-Obama coverage and wonders what the network will do without Bush to back up.
Howard Zinn : Edward Rothstein separates Studs Terkel's politics from his oral history, proving he doesn't understand the man's legacy at all.
Frank W. Lewis : From the April 3, 1948, issue.
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